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Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Hong Kong - 20 Jan 2009 [Day 5]

11am to 5pm - Jordan
Can't you believe it??!!? We were at Jordan area for hours today! We walked to the 海味 shop recommmended by 姐姐.

Man, the place was madness! Lots and lots of HK-ers inside, all buying 海味 for CNY I think. Mind you, they buy the expensive stuff: abalone, scallops, mushrooms, oysters etc. I think alot of them buy these 海味 as gifts, cos there's gift wrapping services.

I sure wouldn't mind having these people as my guests for CNY, as least they know how to give pressies! *wink wink* Not like those measly mandarins we get, no, in fact, exchange for. Since the visitors always take back the same no of mandarins they gave us. And I hate hate those who give those small, dried-up and ugly mandarins and then choose the nicest ones from our tray! BAH!

6pm to 11pm - Queens Rd Central
After loading off the 海味 bags, we crossed the sea over to Central. Went to the H&M store there. Got 姐姐's clothes there, she has a WHOLE LIST of items for me to buy for her! What am I now, her personal shopper?

H&M seems subdued somehow. What a vast difference from when I first visited it in 2007. Then, H&M was CROWDED, CROWDED, CROWDED! Now, it's much, much quieter. I think less than 50 shoppers were inside and it's a 3 storey building.

Maybe bcos there's more H&M outlets in HK now? Back then, there was just ONE and it was newly opened. Now, I think there are like 4 to 5 outlets liao and counting...1 is due to be open opposite Harbour City.

After H&M closed, we walked to Lan Kwai Fong (LKF). To get to LKF, you need to walk up, up, up these slopes. Not even drinking yet, but we're already dizzy. I wonder how do drunks walk down those slopes? Won't they just roll down the slopes? hehehe...=P I guess that's what all those taxis around the area were for, so the drunks won't roll down?

Anyway, Mummy and I just wanted a feel of LKF. So we walked around abit, look see look see. Got some supper at this 翠華茶餐廳 nearby later, which is like a chain of 茶餐廳 in HK. Food not bad, but the individual portions abit too much for one pax. This seems to be the case in HK, their portions are quite huge but all these skinny HK-ers can finish it all, AND yet be so skinny.
I want their genes!

wany ♥ 9:16 pm